| 41. | Forward air controllers have to combine the skills of battlefield tactician, pilot and infantryman, Gordon said.
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| 42. | The planes flew away but reported the situation to flying air controllers and battle management planes.
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| 43. | The words of the air controller were first reported in Thursday's editions of the Washington Times.
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| 44. | Forward Air Controllers had the critical job of telling tactical fighters where to drop their ordnance.
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| 45. | The tower was empty because the air controller assigned to the morning shift was at home.
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| 46. | The pilots immediately called the Russian air controllers and pilots on the passing plane, she said.
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| 47. | A forward air controller called in an airstrike.
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| 48. | The pilots, seeking an emergency landing, lost contact with air controllers six minutes before the crash.
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| 49. | Aviation officials said they had failed to notify air controllers of their wave-skimming flight, which avoided radar.
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| 50. | "Roger, " the Forward Air Controller answered.
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